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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:704-705.

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An olive-skinned boy with familiar doelike eyes and close-cropped hair perches on the stool in the corner of the examination room. Daniel is my 6-year-old patient for a well-child check, the third of the morning at the community clinic. He concentrates on his dirty tennis shoes but glances up when I enter the room. A generously proportioned African American woman accompanies him: his mom, I wonder. I introduce myself.

"He’s been with me for a month," she says. "I don’t know much about him."

Not his mom: foster care. I wonder what the story is.

"But I think he has had trouble with asthma," she continues. "He has an inhaler but no problems since he’s been with me." She pulls folded papers from her large black purse.

"Have you cared for children with asthma?" I ask.

She nods. Daniel sits silently and continues to examine his sneakers. We talk about . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Therese Zink, MD, MPH

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